Improvement in bale-band stretchers



F. M. LOGUE.

Bale-Band Stretchers.

Patented Augu st 5, 1873.

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FRANCIS M. LOGUE, OF SATARTIA, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-BAND STRETCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,447, dated August5, 1873; application filed July 17, 1873.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. LOGUE, of Satartia, in the county ofYazoo and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bale Band Stretcher and Buckle, of which the following isa specification:

This invention relates to balin g cotton, hay, and all othermerchantable commodities which are usually transported and sold inbales; and

consists in a lever-stretcher so constructed that the ends of the bandsare drawn together, and the band is tightly drawn around the bales forfastening or tying, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view, showing thestretcher in use. Fig. 2 is a view of the stretcher looking to the rightfrom the line as w of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the lever, to which is attached, by a pivoted crank, 13, the arm 0.The lever and the arm each terminates in forked projections D, that areprovided with notches E for the reception of the pieces F and G whichcom prise the buckle.

In applying the stretcher, one end of the V bale-band H is folded aroundthe piece F and the other end around the piece G, when the said piecesare placed in the notches E, while the lever is in the position shown inFig. l, the lever then being raised until after the sides of the crank Bpass a'perpendicular, when it turns over and drops the pieceF into thesquares in piece G, when the stretcher may be removed.

With this device all the slack in the bands may be taken up and the balekept in a much smaller compass and made to present a neater appearance.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- Q The lever A and arm 0, when forked and notched, asshown, and combined with the crank B, as herein described, and for thepurpose specified.

FRANCIS M. LOGUE.

Witnesses:

SYDNEY BROOKS, I. W. M. HARRIS.

